Although, to be fair, if the ref allows them to get away with it you can't blame them for doing it. Also, again, to be fair, it's not their fault the commentator is sitting there in claret and blue.
On the plus side, bakayoko has been much improved this half. Added far more to our cause than in the first 45 mins.
Why when we are faced with clubs that sit back do we try to play through the middle making it easy for them. We need to play wide stretch them and put crosses on Morata's head
Not at all. I'm just saying first man Moses isn't our best crosser. Wasn't taking a shot at you at all.
We can't retain the ball. Anything we try on the counter turns into a who's who of not wanting to keep the ball....
Instead of dinking nothing balls into the box, why not try running at them a bit. Draw a foul, make them nervous.
A lot of this rests with Conte. Completely wrong line up and tactics from the get go. Easy start for them and gave them belief. He did get the subs right and can't be blamed for Morata and hazard not even putting viable chances on target but he needs to approach these away matches against struggling sides completely differently. This was reminiscent of our lousy inter-titles season. Dreadful pretty much all around with nothing to redeem it. Low energy, no creativity, no belief. I hope Bakayoko doesn't start another match until he figures it out, whatever it is. Because whatever it is, he has none of it. A waste of a starting space once again. Aggravating.
Why oh why do we keep starting games thinking all we have to do is turn up to win, makes my bloody blood boil! I'm sick to death of a conceded goal being the only thing that wakes us up! Title over, battle for top 4 to commence, exciting innit, not.
The writing was on the wall with our recent inability to finish chances. I wasn't expecting us to win the title anyways.
Poor refereeing. Terrible finishing when we did get a couple of chances, but with the contributions Hazard and Morata have made this season I can't be too mad. Willian looked so completely lost the whole time he was on - what has happened to him? He was so good! Some of the most outrageous timewasting I have EVER seen - Antonio just lies down for 5 minutes? Musuaka just refuses to take the throw in? Stuart Pearce launches the ball into the stands? And 5 minutes added on? What the ******** is that? 5/6 substitutions, Antonio injury, general timewasting, 4/5 yellow cards... Should've been 7/8 minutes at least.
Oh, and the one other thing I wanted to mention is that when Kante and Christensen are the ones who have to step up to make something happen and bring some creativity, something is wrong.